Betty Jean Lifton, whose Lost and Found has become a bible to adoptees and to those who would understand the adoption experience, explores further the inner world of the adopted person. She breaks new ground as she traces the adopted child's lifelong struggle to form an authentic sense of self. And she shows how both the symbolic and the literal search for roots becomes a crucial part of the journey toward wholeness.
Betty Jean Lifton, whose Lost and Found has become a bible to adoptees and to those who would understand the adoption experience, explores furt...
" Looks] at adoption from all sides of the triangle: adoptee, birth mother, adoptive parents . . . A provocative, comprehensive inquiry." ---Kirkus Reviews
"Honest and moving." ---New York Times
"Important and powerful . . . the author] is concerned not just with adoptees but with the experience of adoptive parents and birth parents." ---Psychology Today
"A moving and powerful plea for open discourse instead of secrecy among the participants in the adoption process." ---Public Welfare, American Public Welfare Association
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" Looks] at adoption from all sides of the triangle: adoptee, birth mother, adoptive parents . . . A provocative, comprehensive inquiry." ---...
